Stink is one of those friends that you have to honestly thank for the simple fact that I probably would be in a government position/doctor/millionaire if I never met him. I regret nothing. I met Stink around sixteen when we pulled an all-nighter full of Red Dog, Whataburger, and drunk driving. A mutual friendship. After that night we all sort of joined forces to become the circle we are today. These short stories are dedicated to the times we made memories that are still blurry to this day
Mannford Birthday
Stink celebrated his birthday at his sister’s trailer in Mannford, Oklahoma. We arrived late that afternoon in February for excessive celebrations, bonfires, and a hope of hooking up with some of the girls. Stinks sister was dating a guy named “Dizzy”. Upon learning the “name” I was scared. The same anticipation one might have when being introduced to people named “ice-pick”, “glass eye” or “Sodom”. I was obviously right. A countrified unintelligent excuse for trash, within 5 minutes of meeting him he told us how he recently had his finger torn off by a rope. Sounds pretty gross right? No. What’s gross is he led us into the kitchen and showed off his finger he saved in a sandwich bag stored in the freezer. After I attempted to repress that memory (which obviously is scarred into my retina) we began drinking. Hard. We all sat around the fire and “Dizzy” rambled on his nonsense while I played along for fear that if I didn’t listen I’d be walking funny the next morning. The most memorable part of the whole event? It was when Stinks sister made him a huge pink birthday cake. Unfortunately, she presented it when we were all whiskey drunk and drooling on ourselves. My last memory was watching people digging their hands into this wrecked cake and smearing it around their face in an attempt to maybe get some of the treat in their mouths. When I woke up the next morning and stepped outside, I noted all the places everyone threw up from the night before. It was marked by the 20+ pink puke mounds scattered about the yard.